Artificial-flower ornament



March 30 1926. 7 1,578,703

S.'ARONSON ARTIFICIAL mowsa ORNAMENT Filed August 14 925 Fig 1.

Inventor. Simon Aronson b %M MM Aifye v Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

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Application filed August 14, 1925. seal no. 50,333.

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Be it known that I, SrMoN ARoNsoN, acitizen of the United States, and;resident of Brookline, count'yof Nor-fork, State of 5 Massachusetts,have invented an Improve inent in: Artificial-Flower Ornaments, ofv I I1 strip of fur is retalned in this fan-l1ke shape which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is aspecification, like characters on the drawing 10 representing likeparts.

This invention relates to artificial flower "ornaments of theboutonniere type, andhas for its object to provide anovel'way ofsecuring a more attractive effect than is consists simply of a bunch ofartificial flowers. v I

I obtain the desirable added effect by; the use of a feather-like orfur-likeielement which is associated withthe artificial flowers in sucha way asztolgivea fringe-like background for the flowers;

invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodimentthereof which will now be described after which the novel features willbe pointed out in the appended claims. t

In the drawings: y

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating an ornament embodying my'invention; Y 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the strip of long-haired fur fromwhich the fringe-like background is made;

7 Fig. 3 is a View illustrating the way in which the strip of furi's'bent to give it the fringe-like effect;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the strip of cured to a reinforcingstrip;

Fig. 1; V Fig. 6 is a back side view of the ornament. p

The ornament includes, as one feature, a plurality of artificialgfiowers, which, are designated generally atl. These may be of anydesired kind or color and each flower is preferably provided with a wirestem 2, as usual iii ornaments of this type.

Associated with the artificial flowers, to enhance the effect thereof,is a specially made fringe-like background member.

This may be made from a feather or from 77 secured by the ordinaryboutonniere which In order to give an understanding of the fur bentintoa semi-circular shape and se-.'

- a: narrow strip of long haired ';fur,: such as shown in F ig, 2.In'said Fig. 2,:3indieates the narrowstrip of skin andft indicates I thelong hairs which are attachedto the. strip :8, with the .result thatthehairs 4 assume a semi-circular or fan shape. The

byqs'ecuring' the bent (strip 3 of the skin I to a reinforcing strip 5of cloth, leather-or some other .similar'material. This mayconve'nientlybe doneby attaching the bent j v strip 3 to the end ofthereinforcingmemberl 5 bya suitableadhesive, although it might equallywell besecured tofthe;rei11- I forcing member by any-othermeans. Thereinforcing stripe tofwhichthe fur strip is secured is then providedwith a'slit- 6 along the dotted line, F ig; 41, this slit coincidingwith the meeting faces-7 of the strip whenff, it is bent back on itself,Thisbendinggof the fur strip backion itself resultsin forming an eye oropening 8 fat the bightof the bend. V After the'stripfof fur has beenvgiven its fan shape and has b'eenattached to the reinforcing strip 5, asshown in Fig; 4:, then the fur is placed back of the artificial flowers1 to form a background therefor and r a fringe-like addition thereto, asindicated in Fig. 1 The stem -of the reinforcing strip and the wirestems 2 of the flowers'85 are then twisted together and preferably woundwith a tape or strip 9, as usualfin 'boutonnieresQ In order to moresecurely fasten the fur portion and the flower por-- tion together Ipreferably take a stem' 0f one of the flowers, as for instance the stem"2, and pass it through the hair" of the fur and over the end of thereinforcing strip 5, and thenpass it through the slit 6 and through theeye "8 to the frontof' f the fur, as clearly seen in Fig. 5, said stem'2 then being laid with the stems 21 of the other artificial flowers andenclosedwithin the'tape covering 9. In this way thefur portion issecurely fastened to the flower W portion of the ornament, so that thefur will always lie close against the back side 1, of the flower. a

An ornament having this be made veryinexpensively,*andby usingfurrwith'hair of difl'erent colorsyariety of pleasing effects can beproduced, 1

An ornament of this type is Well adapted construction can 10:;

inga wire stem, a narrow strip of longhaired fur bent back on istelfthereby to cause the hair toassume a fan shape, areinforcing stripsecured to the skin of the fur, and said fan-shaped fur strip beingsituated behind the flowers to form a fringelike background therefor,and an enveloping tape wound about the stems and the strip.

'8. An, ornament of the class described comprising a plurality ofartificial flowers each havinga wire stem, a narrow strip of long-hairedfur bent back on itself thereby to cause the hair to assume a fan shapeand to form an eye in the loop of the bent strip, a reinforcing strip towhich'the bent fur is secured, said fur being situated immediatelybehind the flowers, and the wire "stem of one of the flowers beingpassed through-the hair over the end of the reinforcing strip and thenforwardly through the latter and said eye, thereby locking the fur tothe flowers.

4:. An ornament of the class described comprising a plurality ofartificial flowers each "having a wire stem, a narrow strip oflong-haired fur bent back on itself thereby to cause the hair to assumea fan shape and to form an eye in the loop of the bent strip,areinforcingstrip to which the bent a fur is secured, said fur beingsituated immediately behind the flowers, and the wire stem of one of theflowers being passed throughthe hair over the end of the reinforcingstrip and then forwardly through the'latter and said eye, therebylocking the fur to the flowers, and an enveloping. tape enclosing thestems of the flowers and the reinforcing strip.

5. An artificial flower ornament compris ing a plurality of artificialflowers having a wire stem, a background member situated behind theflowers and presenting a fringelike effect, said background memberhaving an eye and the stems of one of the flowers being extended throughsaid eye thereby to lock the background member to the flowers, the stemsof all the flowersbeing twisted together.

In testimony whereof, I-have signed my name to this specification.

SIMON- ARONSON.

